Improved bsoom head



T. B. CARRULL.

@room Head. No. 60,688. Patented Jan. 1, 1867,

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IMPROVED BROOM HEAD.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CON CERN Be it known that I, THOMAS B. CARROLL, of Noblesville, in the county of Hamilton, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Broom Head; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication, in whichl Figure 1 is a side view of my improved broom head, the corn being removed.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, taken through the line w x, iig. 1, showing the corn in place.

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My invention has for its object to furnish an improved broom head, so constructed and arranged that it may be light, strong, and easily made, and which cannot mar or injure the furniture by coming in contact with it in sweeping. And it consists, first, in the metallic core for giving form to the broom head and support to the corn second,

in the combination lof the projecting wires or railings with the metallic core; third, in the manner of attaching the corn; and fourth, in the combination of a'metallic cap, constructed as described, with the metallic core, corn, and handle; the whol'e being constructed and arranged as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the.broom handle. a is a wooden core, formed solidly upon or securely attached to the lower end of the handle, A. B is the metallic core, which is made of sheet metal, and in the form shown in the drawings. The upper edge of the metallic core is nailed or otherwise securely attached to the upper edge of the Wooden core, a". Through the lower part of the metallic core, B, just Aabove the lower edge, are formed holes through which the cord is passed in sewing the corn. C and D are wires passing around the upper part of the metallic core, at a suicient distance therefrom to allow the but-ends of the Acorn to be inserted between them and the said metallic core. These wires,zor railings, C and D, are supported and held in place by eye-bolts, E, which may be bolts or wires passing through the core, B, from side to side, and having eyes formed upon each end for the reception of the wires, or they may be made with screw-threads cut upon their inner ends and screwed through the sides o f the metallic core, B, and into the interior wooden core, a', as may be most convenient. The corn, F, is attached by passing the but-ends of each stem down'betweenl the Wires or railings, C and D, and the metallic core, B, and then bending them down into the position shown in iig'. 2, and afterwards sewing them with cords passed through the holes in the lower part of the metallic core, B. The construction of the broom is completed by passing the cap, G, which is made with a downwardly projecting flange around its edge, down over the handle, A, and securing it in place by screws passing through the said cap, Gr, and screwing into the shoulders of the wooden core, a. The cap, G, aidsin holding the corn, F, in its place, and gives a finished look to the broom head.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the core a', core B, wires C D, .and corn F, secured thereto as described, and v)flanged cap G, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the projecting wires or railings C and D with the metallic core B, substantially as described, and for 4the purpose set forth.

THOMAS B. CARROLL.

Witnesses:

JOHN S. BOLTON, GEORGE MEssIcK. 

